Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 41

Using just a few double blank business cards and a very old principle in a devastating manner, this routine creates the illusion of real mind reading. Several audience members write the names, relationships and dates of birth of their loved ones on several unprepared and unmarked business cards. All these are then gathered writing side down and mixed up. And yet the performer is able to divine all those details of loved ones of anyone of those who wrote the details. Not only that, the performer can even repeat this feat with any of the other participants too.

Although this principle is totally...

Audio Peek is an unconventional peeking technique using the auditory sense and not the usual sight/vision sense. This simple and easy technique/method/habit can be comfortably incorporated into one of our most common everyday activities.

The Audiopeek technique consists of 3 steps, which are as follows.

1. Creating conditions for performing an Audio Peek.
2. Actually doing an Audio Peek when the conditions support.
3. Using the information thus gained in an appropriate and impactful manner.

A deviously clever drawing duplication using an ungaffed, store-bought pad.

"WOW, I just got this today and really like it. It is so simple and to the point that I can’t believe no one has thought of this until now! I have played around with this and think that I like this better than my IMPs pads. No kidding!" - Ray Noble

"Thanks Jose, you have come up with another gem." - NeilS

"Nicely done J. Prager, this is some clever stuff, a great lil peek device." - jaybest

"Love your stuff! Bob Nelson and Al Koran, both very dear friends, would have enjoyed your thinking a great deal....

Before re-designing your business cards, check this out. It will save you hours and money for trials and errors, in looking for a practical and simple way to make business cards useful for your mentalism effects. Clever business cards can become a very powerful secret weapon you will always carry with you. They can also replace expensive props or effects, and allow you to create your own and personalized routines. Not to mention that your business cards are a wonderful marketing tool, as well.

The "system" described in this e-book, will allow you to improvise many mental effects, that use...

Part II from Al Mann Zodiac Series. You will find here several card techniques and a special card trick: how to deal five Aces to any seat at the poker table with a shuffled and cut deck. From the introduction, by Al Mann: I have been told by magicians who should know, that Poker demonstrations and Mentalism should not mix. I disagree with the above 100%... I have seen the amazed look in the eyes of a person when the Mentalist reads his mind... And I have also seen the terrible look in the eyes of the spectator after the miracle man deals five aces (4 aces and the joker), to any seat at the...

Richard Mark teaches advanced techniques for the experienced psychic entertainer. Learn the innermost thoughts and concerns of others with nothing written and without props of any kind. The real work on pre-show techniques.

1st edition 1992, 1st digital edition 2013, 34 pages.

Table of Contents

4. Introduction
5. Crystal Clear
8. The Singular Dwarf
9. O What Clams Eat
12. Clams Casino
14. No/Know Croiset
16. A Swiftian Delight
18. Hyper Smith
20. Psychometric Fourth Dimension
22. No Stull
23. A Real Trip
24. Pre-Show Work: An Analysis
27. The Ghostly Hand
29. Just Good Fortune
34. Presentation
35. Postscript

A collection of effects that deal directly with thoughts. Only three of them need anything tangible, and only one requires writing; the rest can be performed naked. Combat with your thoughts, divine birthdays, scam bar mates, use two different cold reading presentations, make your spectator see words they never saw, verbally force cards in seconds, psychologically force thoughts, bend the wills of an audience; let your spectator read your mind, another spectators mind, or even speak life into being.

• Part 1: Hacking the Mind
  • Thought Dueling: Duel a spectator with your thoughts, and get...

This is the third and last part in Bill Dekel's "MindCraft" series.

Mene, Mene, Dekel (MMD)
MMD allows you to gain access to a number, some words, or names that a spectator writes down, all thought of by a spectator. The effect is completely impromptu, and you need nothing to perform it other then yourself. Without peeking, you turn your head or look away as your spectator writes a number from 1 to 100 in the air. You then know what number they are thinking of. You can apply this to book tests, drawing duplications, PIN number revelations... The possibilities are limitless, and with some...

• MindJack – Mentally glance at thought of numbers or words. Without writing or fishing of any sort.
• Notes – Ideas on MindJacking, and theory galore.
• Book Test – More impromptu MindJacking with words.
• Other Languages – German, French, Spanish, and Italian modifications of MindJack.
• The Fairer – A one or two choice number force. Designed for use with the Fair.
• Cold Reading Justification – My personal terms with Cold Reading.
• Under Thin Ice – On Thin Ice expanded.
• Personality Profiling – A dash of cold reading, mind reading, and Q&A? I think yes.
• Through the Looking Glass...

A compilation of over twenty mental routines from U.K. sources, some well known names among them.

• Stranded (Arthur Setterington and Paul Hallas)
• Book Test Prompter (Eddie Burke)
• Roger’s E.S.P. Prediction (Roger Curzon)
• Blind Faith (Peter Duffie)
• Symbolic Harmony (Ron and Nancy Spencer)
• One For Ken (Barry Stevenson)
• The Predictograph (Terry Liversidge)
• Lucifer’s Lotto (Dan O'Donoghue)
• Premon-notion (Jack Jansen)
• A Letter From Australia (Peter Kane)
• Con Text (Lewis Jones)
• A Calculated Experiment (Paul Hallas)
• Blind Date (Jim Cuthbert)
• Zenner PK (Paul Hallas)
• Another Cyclic Prediction (Paul Flory)
• Eazy Peezy Book Test...

This time Paul casts his net further afield with contributions from several countries.

• Introduction and Foreword
• Hunter's Birthday Billets
• Runes and Billet
• Stepping Stones
• Money Clip
• The HH Cabaret Card Divination
• Astral Journey
• Doing Time
• Ronaldo's SpecWriteR
• Back To The Future
• Happy and Sad
• Surprising Mail
• Your Choice, My Bet
• The 3-Phase Routine
• Colour In Mind
• Think Of Any Card Supplement
• Still Thinking Of A Gray Elephant
• Dot's Quite Good
• 52 Different Objects
• With Thanks To Vernon and Derman
• Dining Table Deception
• If
• Psychic Cafe
• Colour Sense
• Sunset
• Karmic Connection ...

The performer talks about a secret United Nations project called Dictator Diction related to a study about dictators. A participant is asked to think of one of the frequently used words of any one of the infamous dictators. Then the performer, apparently using his secret knowledge of the confidential project findings, not only divines the chosen word but also other information like the name of the dictator, his country and even his years of birth and death. A very impressive feat indeed.

Like The Grow Devils Principle, this method is based on yet another innovative principle which is not known to have been used...

This is based on a classic principle but layered with multiple reveals and disguised with a mentalism presentation. Two participants randomly choose a card each while the performer's back is turned. In fact the performer never touches the cards after initially handing over the packet to a participant. The 'card' here is not a playing card but a 'mystic' card which has details like colors, directions etc. And yet the performer divines all the thoughts of both the participants.

Only 4 cards are used for the routine and you can always carry these in your wallet or pocket. The printable props...

This PDF reveals some of Jason Michaels top media psychic stunts. This is updated information and most of this has not appeared in print before.

THE SEALED FOIL TEST: Here is a real reputation maker and it was one of Jason's favorite effects. 100% hands off and sight unseen. This can be done on a local radio talk show or used during your next magic show. Call the host of the radio show at home or the VIP who booked your magic show. Have your over the phone participant select a card from his own shuffled deck. He does not write down the name of the card and makes sure he does it out of sight...

[Note: Also included in More Miracles in Mentalism.

Now you can perform apparent acts of "Hellstromism" or muscle reading, similar to how a world-famous psychic entertainer finds his paycheck after every performance.

True muscle reading is a phenomenal ability, in the hands of a master showman. Yet this skill takes months to fully master. Now, with the release of this fine routine, Meyer reveals the method behind his supreme mental test. Each of several audience members decides on an experiment or "test" (of the kind usually associated with contact mindreading) for the mentalist to attempt. The mentalist, while blindfolded, asks one of...

A collection of mental mysteries using small accessories.

• Foreword
• Clip Line
• Match Miracle
• Devil's Die
• Perfected Publicity
• Astral Digit
• Merchant Mentalist
• Who's Fooling Whom?
• Object In Mind
• Murder Most Foul
• Credits

1st edition 1954, 31 pages; PDF 28 pages.

Minds in Duplicate contains a number of routines designed to be presented as telepathic demonstrations between the performer and his partner. Each effect carries conviction, and not one of them calls for the long rehearsal and extensive memorisation of codes common to this class of work. Maximum effect is secured with minimum trouble. With the material in this book alone, thought-reading reputations can be made.

• Foreword
• Three Thoughts Alone
• She Has The Number
• Thoughts Direct
• Designed To Order
• The Five Cards Problem
• Operator Calling
• Astral Headline
• Money And The Medium
• Mental Tuition ...

WHAT YOU GET

Mindset is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf. Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a specially designed high-quality post card sized prop which is supposedly from 'Psychology Research Foundation' with an 'Occupational Mindset Test' on one side and an 'Ordinal Mindset Test' on the other side. With reasonable care, this card should last you many years.

EFFECT

1. You invite 3 participants to participate in a test or a demonstration (this can go up to 12 participants,...

MindStorms is the first mentalism book from Australian magician and mentalist Sean Taylor. This unique publication brings together more than 20 routines from Sean's working repertoire and also details his feelings on the performance and presentation of mentalism. The descriptions of each effect are detailed way beyond those usually included in magic publications and are littered with observations, advice and handling tips which can only come from hundreds of performances of the material. Several of the items in the book have been in Sean's armoury for many years and several are still in his...

First time released as PDF. These are the highly sought after lecture notes from Devin's first lecture at Mindvention in 2009. Includes the amazing INSIGHT.

INSIGHT -- Another Clever ACCAN

You invite two spectators to help in this experiment. You remove a deck of cards casually show them face up while you remove the joker. They are placed face down on the table. You ask one of the spectators to cut off a block and look at a card. Not to remove it, just THINK of it. You really don't know what card the person is thinking about! The selection is made in the spectator's hands. The magician...

[Important notice: these lecture notes contain only abridged directions for the effects. Just the basic method is revealed. The regular PDFs contain more detail and sometimes charts you can print out. Consider these lecture notes as an introduction to the effects. You may wish to buy the full PDF after reading these notes, but at least you will know how the effects work.]

The lecture notes from Devin's lecture at the 2011 Mindvention. Many of these were sold separately as PDFs that would cost you threes the cost of these notes. A real bargain.

• Blindsight 2 - Give anyone psychic powers instantly
• Tarot Fold Told - A version of Four Told using Tarot Cards
• Double Coincidence - A thought of word is found circled in a dictionary
• Word Sight - Reveal two words just thought of and never written down
• No Touch ACAAN - A version of ACAAN where you never touch to deck
• Double Clip Line - An improvement over the old UF Grant idea

1st edition 2011, 47 pages....

Top routines with miniature slates by Peter Warlock, George Blake and Edwin Hooper.

• Introduction
• Phantom Prediction
• Shuffled Forecast
• Sum Total
• Spirit Message
• Spirit Message Again
• Duplication
• Mini-Transpo
• Two Messages
• Two Messages On One Slate
• Numbered Slates
• Any Colour With White Chalk

PDF 28 pages.

Mentalism routines worked from your pockets using nothing more than a stack of double blank cards and a pen.

This is a selection of the the most audience friendly, commercial and easy to perform routines from Minimalistic, Metaphysical Mentalism volume one and two. Regardless of performance style or level of competency everybody will get something from this ebook.

Minimalistic: using simple elements with little embellishment

Metaphysics: Meta meaning over or beyond and physics meaning the physical, material world. Thus, the combination refers to such concerns that are beyond or transcend...

Ted Lesley's philosophy on magic has always been: A minimum amount of effort for a maximum amount of effect! Thus the title Minimax Lecture.

• A Rising Card Idea
• Mental Routines with the TL Faked Envelope
• Black Mental Marvel
• Another Mind Reading Idea
• Ted Serios Outdone
• The Fastest Card Trick in the World
• My Adventures with the Himber Ring
• My Encore

13 pages